MSI MS-7260, User Manual

Page 1: ...i K9N Neo Series MS 7260 V1 X Mainboard G52 72601X1 ...

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Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a...

Page 4: ...e interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved...

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Page 8: ... Set 2 5 Memory 2 6 Dual Channel Memory Population Rules 2 6 Installing DDRII Modules 2 7 Power Supply 2 8 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector PWR1 2 8 ATX 12V Power Connector PWR3 PWR2 2 8 Important Notification about Power Issue 2 9 Back Panel 2 10 Connectors 2 12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 2 12 ATA133 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 2 12 Serial ATA II Connectors SATA1 SATA4 2 13 Fan Power Connectors CPU...

Page 9: ... 21 Cell Menu 3 24 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 26 BIOS Setting Password 3 27 Appendix A Realtek ALC883 Audio A 1 Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver A 2 Installation for Windows 2000 XP A 2 Software Configuration A 4 Sound Effect A 5 Mixer A 8 Audio I O A 12 Microphone A 15 3D Audio Demo A 16 Information A 17 Hardware Setup A 18 Appendix B nVidia RAID B 1 Introduct ion B 2 System Requir...

Page 10: ... Management Utility B 12 Viewing RAID Array Configurations B 12 Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk B 13 Morphing From One RAID Array to Another B 17 Hot Plug Array B 18 Initializing a RAID Array B 19 Rebuilding a RAID Array B 22 Synchronizing a RAID Array B 25 Appendix C nVidia System Driver C 1 nVidia System Driver Installation C 2 NVIDIA System Driver C 2 nVidia Utility Installation C 5 ...

Page 11: ...ries MS 7260 v1 X ATX mainboard The K9N Neo Series mainboards are based on nVIDIA nForce 550 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced AMD Athlon 64 X2 Sempron processor the K9N Neo Series deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution ...

Page 12: ... visit http w w w m s i c o m t w p r o g r a m p r o d u c t s m a i n b o a r d mb d pro_mbd_trp_list php LAN Supports 10 100 1000 Fast Ethernet LAN by Vitesse VSC8601 Audio Chip integrated by Realtek ALC883 Flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1 0 Spec IDE 1 IDE port by nForce 550 Supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode Supports PIO Bus Master operation mode SATA 4 SATA I...

Page 13: ... Vitesse VSC8601 6 flexible audio jacks On Board Pinheaders 1 IrDA pinheader 3 USB 2 0 pinheaders Slots 1 PCI Express x 16 slot 2 PCI Express x 1 slots 3 PCI slots support 3 3V 5V PCI bus Interface includes one orange slot which supports 2 master for MSI special PCI function card ex wireless LAN and bluetooth combo card Form Factor ATX 20 0 cm X 30 5 cm Mounting 6 mounting holes ...

Page 14: ...inbond I O DIMM4 Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top Parallel Port Bottom COM Port PCI 3 PCI 2 ALC883 PCI 1 PCI _EX3 PCI _EX2 JCD1 JAUD1 CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 USB ports T LAN jack B USB ports T M B Line In Line Out Mic PCI _EX1 JIR1 ATX2 LAN Chip T SS Out M CS B RS Out Out BATT nvidia nForce 550 SATA3 SATA4 JBAT1 JUSB1 S ATA 1 SATA2 JFP1 JFP2 NBFAN1 ...

Page 15: ...ble MSI motherboard MSI Driver Utility CD The pictures are for reference only and may vary from the packing contents of the product you purchased Back IO Shield User s Guide Standard Cable for IDE Devices Standard Cable for Floppy Disk Power Cable ...

Page 16: ...cooling fan will slow down instantly when the CPU temperature descends to its normal degree Here the current system status including Vcore 3 3V 5V and 12V and the current PC hardware status such as the CPU system temperatures and all fans speeds are shown on the left and right sides for you to monitor When you click the red triangles in the left and right sides two sub menus will open for users to...

Page 17: ...to apply the changes The values you set for the temperatures are the maximum thresholds for the system warnings and the values for fan speeds are the minimum thresholds Center side Cool n Quiet User mode Here you may adjust the CPU fan speed If you choose User mode you may adjust the CPU fan speed in 8 different modes from High Speed to Low speed If you choose Cool n Quiet the system will automati...

Page 18: ...edures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 19: ...p 2 10 JPW1 p 2 8 IDE1 p 2 12 PCI Slots p 2 20 JUSB1 3 p 2 16 SATA1 4 p 2 13 JBAT1 p 2 16 FDD1 p 2 12 PCIE Slots p 2 19 CPU p 2 3 Quick Components Guide JAUD1 p 2 15 JFP2 p 2 17 JCD1 p 2 14 ATX2 p 2 8 NBFAN1 p 2 14 SYSFAN1 p 2 14 JIR1 p 2 15 JCI1 p 2 14 CPUFAN1 p 2 14 ...

Page 20: ...omputer For the latest information about CPU please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_cpu_support php CPU Central Processing Unit Important 1 Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between the...

Page 21: ... the CPU is correctly installed the pins should be completely embedded into the socket and can not be seen Please note that any violation of the correct installation procedures may cause permanent damages to your mainboard 5 Press the CPU down firmly into the socket and close the lever As the CPU is likely to move while the lever is being closed al ways close the lever with your fingers pressing t...

Page 22: ...pearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase Important 2 Then press down the other end of the clip to fasten the cooling set on the top of the retention mechanism Locate the Fix Lever and lift up it 1 Position the cooling set onto the re tention mechanism Hook one end of the clip to hook first 3 Fasten down the lever 4 Attach the CPU Fan cable to the CPU fan connector on...

Page 23: ...GB system memory For more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw program products mainboard mbd pro_mbd_trp_list php DDRII 240 pin 1 8V 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 2 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 3 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Dual Channel Memory Population Rules 64x2 128 pin 56x2 112 pin ...

Page 24: ...IMMs To enable successful system boot up always insert the memory modules into the DIMM1 first Installing DDRII Modules 1 The memory module has only one notch on the center and will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket 3 The plastic clip at each s...

Page 25: ...ove is highly recommended for system stability ATX 24 Pin Power Connector ATX2 This connector allows you to connect an ATX 24 pin power supply To connect the ATX 24 pin power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply as you like If you...

Page 26: ... modules Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Unplug the AC power cable shown in figure 1 or unplug the ATX2 JPW1 power connectors shown in figure 2 figure 3 before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure Figure 1 Unplug the AC p...

Page 27: ...d communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector LAN RJ 45 Jack The standard RJ 45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it LinkIndicator Right LED ActivityIndicator Left LED LED Color LED State condition Off LAN link is not established Left Yellow On steady ...

Page 28: ... color of the audio jacks for different audio sound effects Green audio jack Line Out is a connector for speakers or headphones Blue audio jack Line In Side Surround Out in 7 1 channel mode is used for external CD player tapeplayer or other audio devices Pink audio jack Mic In is a connector for microphones Orange audio jack Center Subwoofer Out in 5 1 7 1 channel mode Black audio jack Rear Surrou...

Page 29: ...hat provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect hard disk drives CD ROM and other IDE devices The Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes MB per second The new interface is one third faster than earlier record breaking Ultra ATA 100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing U...

Page 30: ...TA cable Serial ATA II Connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are high speed SATAII interface ports Each supports data rates of 300 MB s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications Each Serial ATA con nector can connect to 1 hard disk device Important Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission SATA2 SATA1 SATA3 SATA4 1 7 ...

Page 31: ...the CPU fan control CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 This connector connects to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is opened the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning mes sage on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record JCI1 2 1 GND CINTRU CD In Connector JCD1 This connector is provided for C...

Page 32: ...when a High Definition Audio dongle is connected 5 PORT 2R Analog Port 2 Right channel 6 SENSE1_RETIRN Jack detection return from frontpanel JACK1 7 SENSE_SEND Jackdetectionsenselinefrom theHighDefinitionAudioCODEC jackdetection resistornetwork 8 KEY ConnectorKey 9 PORT 2L Analog Port 2 Left channel 10 SENSE2_RETIRN Jack detection return from frontpanel JACK2 IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 The c...

Page 33: ...hput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like 1 2 9 10 JUSB1 2 3 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC Pin Definition Connected to USB connector USB 2 0 Bracket Optional Important Note that the pi...

Page 34: ...ull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Donot use JFP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 GND Ground 2 SPK Speaker 3 SLED SuspendLED 4 BUZ Buzzer 5 PLED PowerLED 6 BUZ Buzzer 7 NC Noconnection 8 SPK Speaker JFP2 Pin Definition Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs The JFP1 is compliant with...

Page 35: ... a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data JBAT1 1 Clear Data 3 1 Keep Data 3 1 Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoi...

Page 36: ...other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB s Slots PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x1 Slot Important 1 When ad...

Page 37: ...it yields a throughput rate of 133 MBps PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INTE INT F INTG INTH PCI Slot 2 INT F INTG INTH INTE PCI Slot 3 I...

Page 38: ...BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the default settings for cus tomized features ...

Page 39: ...PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS version 041506 refers to the date this BIOS was released Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key to ...

Page 40: ... Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press E...

Page 41: ...the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI H W Monitor This entry shows your PC health status Cell Menu Use this menu to specify your se...

Page 42: ...ult values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for optimal performance of the mainboard BIOS Setting Password Use this menu to set the password for BIOS Save Exit Setup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit setup ...

Page 43: ...rmat is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users Time HH MM SS This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Master Slave Serial ATA ...

Page 44: ... Disk S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Important IDE Primary Master Slave Serial ATA 0 ...

Page 45: ...m read only Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are No Errors The system doesn t stop for any detected error All But Keyboard The system doesn t stop for a keyboard error System Information Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears ...

Page 46: ...ing to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Boot To OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB But it is possible if you choose Yes IOAPIC Function This field is used to ena...

Page 47: ... DVD Drives This feature allows you to specify the CD DVD device boot priority Other Drives This feature allows you to specify the other device boot priority MPS Table Version This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consu...

Page 48: ...ramming method If set to Auto the DRAM speed will be based on SPDs If set to Limit the DRAM speed will not exceed the specified value If set to Manual the DRAM speed specified will be pro grammed regardless of SPD MCT Timing Mode This field has the capacity to automatically detect all of the DRAM timing If you set this field to Manual the following fields will be selectable ...

Page 49: ... Disabled 15MB 16MB Hyper Transport Configuration Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears SB to CPU Freq Auto Enabled Auto Detect HT frequency Disabled Manual to setting HT frequency SB to CPU Frequency When the SB to CPU Freq Auto set to Disabled the item will appear This item allows you to select the frequency from South Bridge to CPU SB to CPU LinkWidth This item allo...

Page 50: ...stem Onboard LAN Controller These items are used to enable disable the onboard LAN controller Onboard Audio Controller This setting is used to enable disable the onboard audio controller On Chip ATA Devices Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives Integ...

Page 51: ...ed in this field COM Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port COM Port 2 Mode This setting allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port 2 Settings are IrDA IrDA compliant Serial Infrared Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that provides Standard ECP and E...

Page 52: ... ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to set parallel port IRQ nVidia RAID Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears nVidia RAID Function This item is used to enable disable the nVidia RAID function SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel These itemsallow users to enable or...

Page 53: ... setting of this field Settings are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware main tains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to sav...

Page 54: ...ed Wakeup Event Setup Press Enter and the following sub menu appears Resume by PS 2 Keyboard This controls how the PS 2 keyboard is able to power on the system If you choose Specific Key the power button on the case will not function anymore and you must type the password to power on the system Resume by PS 2 Mouse This setting determines whether the system will be awakened from what power saving ...

Page 55: ...MS 7260 Mainboard 3 18 Resume by RTC Alarm The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date ...

Page 56: ... conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth For better PCI performance you should set the item to higher values PCI Slot 1 2 3 IRQ These items specify the IRQ line for each PCI slot PNP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP Plug Play feature PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devi...

Page 57: ... to Reserved and IRQ 14 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ 9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices DMA Resource Setup Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA Direct Memory Access from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available ...

Page 58: ...um feature SATA Spread Spectrum This setting is used to enable or disable the SATA Spread Spectrum feature Cool n Quiet This feature is especially desiged for AMD processor which provides a CPU tem perature detecting function to prevent your CPU s from overheading due to the heavy working loading H W Monitor Important For the purpose of ensuring the stability of Cool n Quiet function it is always ...

Page 59: ...gh temperature The fan speed will increase at higher steps and decrease at lower steps according to the steps Current Smart Fan Step This item shows how many steps between the low and high temperatures Read only Each Step Increase Fan Output This item shows the percentage for the CPU fan speed to increase or decrease between two steps Read only CPU Fan TargetTemp Value When the CPUFAN Mode Setting...

Page 60: ...b menu and the following screen appears System CPU Temperature CPUFAN System FAN Speed CPU Vcore 12 0V 3 3V 5 0V 3VSB These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltage temperatures and all fans speeds ...

Page 61: ...running programs and to adjust the best CPU frequency automatically When the motherboard detects CPU is running programs it will speed up CPU automatically to make the program run smoothly and faster When the CPU is temporarily suspending or staying in the low load balance it will restore the default settings instead Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users PC ne...

Page 62: ...nt Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclocking basically it is still risky We suggest user to make sure that your CPU can afford to overclocking regularly first If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally it s better to disable the Dynamic Overclocking or to lower the level of overclocking options By the way if you need to conduct ov...

Page 63: ...ptimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance Load Optimized Defaults ...

Page 64: ...and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To clear a set password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter ...

Page 65: ...883 Audio Appendix A The Realtek ALC883 provides 10 channel DAC that si multaneously supports 7 1 sound playback and 2 chan nels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the Front Out Left and Front Out Right channels ...

Page 66: ...P Service Pack1 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the application CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will auto matically appear 2 Click Realtek HD Audio Driver Installing the Realtek HD Audio Driver Important The HD Audio Co...

Page 67: ...A 3 Realtek ALC883 Audio 3 Click Next to install the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Click here Select this option 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here ...

Page 68: ...nel audio feature now Click the audio icon from the system tray at the lower right corner of the screen to activate the HD Audio Configuration It is also available to enable the audio driver by clicking the Azalia HD Sound Effect Manager from the Control Panel Double click Software Configuration ...

Page 69: ...ent You may choose the provided sound effects and the equalizer will adjust automatically If you like you may also load an equalizer setting or make an new equalizer setting to save as an new one by using the Load EQ Setting and Save Preset button click Reset EQ Setting button to use the default value or click Delete EQ Set ting button to remove a preset EQ setting There are also other pre set equ...

Page 70: ...t without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps Equalizer Selection Equalizer frees users from default settings users may create their owned preferred settings by utilizing this tool 10 bands of equalizer ranging from 100...

Page 71: ... Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home Simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range 1 Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocal of the song...

Page 72: ...espectively from the indicated real panel or front panel This feature is very helpful when 2 people are using the same computer together for different purposes Click the button and the Mixer ToolBox menu will appear Then check the Enable playback multi streaming and click OK to save the setup Important Before set up please make sure the playback devices are well plugged in the jacks on the rear or...

Page 73: ...d from the rear panel which is the default setting Then you must to select the Realtek HD Audio front output from the scroll list first and use a different program to play the second audio source for example use Winamp to play MP3 files You will find that the second audio source MP3 music will come out from the Line Out audio jack of Front Panel ...

Page 74: ...ngle or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone stream 1 from front panel while still have music stream 2 from back panel in...

Page 75: ... completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Enable recording multi streaming Tool Mute Important ALC883 allows you to record the CD Line Mic and Stereo Mix channels simultaneously frees you from mixing efforts At any given period you may choose 1 of the following 4 channels to record ...

Page 76: ...CH Speaker for 5 1 Speaker Output e 8CH Speaker for 7 1 Speaker Output Speaker Configuration 1 Plug the speakers in the corresponding jack 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you have plugged in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not ...

Page 77: ...cks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would not automatically pop up when device plugged in ...

Page 78: ...up and make testing sound If any speaker fails to make sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Or you may click the auto test button to test the sounds of each speaker automatically Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Side Left Side Right ...

Page 79: ... from being recorded by mi crophone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers playback However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With A...

Page 80: ...ard A 16 3D Audio Demo In this tab you may adjust your 3D positional audio before playing 3D audio applica tions like gaming You may also select different environment to choose the most suitable environment you like ...

Page 81: ...on Audio Controller Audio Codec You may also select the language of this utility by choosing from the Language list Also there is a selection Show icon in system tray Switch it on and an icon will show in the system tray Right click on the icon and the Audio Accessories dialogue box will appear which provides several multimedia features for you to take advantage of ...

Page 82: ...el Mode for Stereo Speaker Output Refer to the following diagram and caption for the function of each phone jack on the back panel when 2 Channel Mode is selected Back Panel 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear surround channels but no functioning in this mode 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode 6 Line Out Side surround channels but no funct...

Page 83: ...nnel Line Out connector and two speakers to the real channel Line Out connector 4 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear surround channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel but no functioning in this mode 6 Line Out Side surround channels but no functioning in this mode 3 1 2 6 4 5 ...

Page 84: ...to the rear channel Line out connector and two s peaker s to the c enter subwoofer channel Line Out connector 6 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Line In 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear surround channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side surround channels but no functioning in this mode 1 2 6 4 5 3 Back Panel ...

Page 85: ...r channel Line out connector two speak ers to the center subwoofer channel Line Out connector and two speakers to the side chan nel Line Out connector 8 Channel Analog Audio Output 1 Side Surround Out Side channels 2 Line Out Front channels 3 MIC 4 Line Out Rear surround channels 5 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 6 Line Out Side channels 1 2 6 4 5 3 ...

Page 86: ...s used by the world s lead ing businesses to the common PC desktop This tech nology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource ...

Page 87: ...Configurations Array Uses Advantages Drawbacks Hard Disks Fault Tolerance RAID 0 Non critical data requiring high performance High data throughput No fault tolerance multiple None RAID 1 Small databases or any other small capacity environment requiring fault tolerance 100 data redundancy Requires 2 drives for the storage space of 1 drive 2 Yes RAID 0 1 Critical data requiring high performance Opti...

Page 88: ...ng RAID 0 1 or JBOD and create the desired RAID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software Check p C 7 for details 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to enable the SATA 0 1 Primary Secondary Channel in nVidia RAID Setup of Integrated Peripherals in BIOS before configuring the NVRAID ...

Page 89: ...atus of each hard disk is given in the Loc location columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 2 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinations Serial ATA 1 0 M Controller 1 Channel 0 Master SATA1 1 1 M Controller 1 Channel 1 Master SATA2 2 0 M Controller 2 Channel 0 Master...

Page 90: ... but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the...

Page 91: ...set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C 5 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 6 Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press Ctrl X to exit the RAID setup Now that the RAID setup has b...

Page 92: ...lect NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers Important Please follow the instruction below to make an nVIDIA Serial ATA RAID driver for yourself 1 Insert the MSI CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Click the Brow...

Page 93: ...on is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management tool Important Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed ...

Page 94: ...the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA nForce Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page 2 Select the modules that you want to install Make sure that the NVIDIA IDE Driver is selected 3 Click Next and then follow the instructions 4 After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the PC 5 After the reboot initialize the newly c...

Page 95: ...ngs Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3 Click Next The Select Disks to Initialize window appears The disks listed depend on how many arrays you have configured 4 Click Next The Select Disks to Convert window appears ...

Page 96: ...The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated disk space in order to use it 7 Format the unallocated disk space Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the wizard After the drive has been formatted it is ready for use ...

Page 97: ...ing a RAID Mirrored Array Rebuild a broken mirrored array Watch the progress of rebuilding an array Only applies to RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 arrays Synchronizing a RAID Array Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 arrays copy the data to the redundant disk the same operation as rebuilding Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows launch the NVRAID Management u...

Page 98: ...he mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for example during a system crash where a RAID mirrored drive is broken The dedicated disk can be used only by the array that it is assigned to and not by any other array unlike a free disk which c...

Page 99: ...free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array While running NVRAIDMAN dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the following 1 Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below 2 Select Designate Spare from the menu ...

Page 100: ... be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk in the mirrored array If a system crash occurs that causes any of the two WD360GD drives to fail the ST380011A hard drive will take over and be used in the newly formed mirrored array ...

Page 101: ...been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right click on the ST380011A drive and select Remove Disk as shown in the screen shot below ...

Page 102: ...s the RAID 0 array is the same size as or larger than the RAID 1 array You can t morph To or from a JBOD Spanning array From RAID 1 to RAID 1 From RAID 0 1 to RAID 1 Specific Morphing Requirements The following table lists the disk requirements for a new RAID array for various morphing combinations From To New Array Disk Requirements RAID 0 m n Number of disks in the new array must be greater than...

Page 103: ... a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to add or remove an entire array without degrading the array in the process NVRAIDMAN can be used to hot plug a RAID disk To hot plug a disk simply do the following 1 Launch NVRAIDMAN and click on Hot Plu...

Page 104: ...ys is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such as RAID 0 and RAID 0 1 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out all the data on that array Initialization of a fault tolerant array can only be done when the array is being created To initialize an array perform the following steps Note In this example a mir...

Page 105: ...ring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the following screen shot will appear 7 Check Intialize Array and then click Next The Initialization Warning dialog appears 8 Click OK The Clearing System Data screen appears again with the Initialize Array che...

Page 106: ...the created RAID array as shown below The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time As soon as the Initialization process starts a popup window similar to the following will appear followed by the following pop up window ...

Page 107: ...d one of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility The picture below shows an example of a system with one mirrored array and two free disks 2 Right click on Mirroring The popup menu appears 3 From the popu...

Page 108: ...st then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corner of the screen as shown in the figure below When the rebuilding process is finished you will see the pop up box shown in Figure below ...

Page 109: ...1 Arrays Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk For example Figure below shows a mirrored array using two 34 48 GB drives while having two Free Disks each 55 90 GB large To use one o...

Page 110: ... This example assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below 2 The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears 3 Click on Next and then click Finish at the Wizard Completion screen The NVRAIDMAN window indicates that the array is synchronizing as shown in Figure below As you can see from th...

Page 111: ...ppendix C MSI provides a setup CD along with your mainboard which contains the required drivers for your system and many other useful and powerful utility to bring you the best experience for your office professional work ing and for your home leisure entertainment ...

Page 112: ...vailable for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating system Please follow the following step to install the driver correctly 1 Click on the NVIDIA MCP55 System Driver button to install the NVIDIA System Drivers for your Windows OS Then the welcome dialogue will display Click Next to continue nVidia System Driver Installation ...

Page 113: ...ts to install All the components shown here will be selected to be installed by default Then click Next 3 The system will start installing the selected driver components automatically 4 Then the following screen displays the information for the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver installation Click Next to continue ...

Page 114: ...n the following screen displays the installation of NVIDIA IDE SW Driver Click Yes to continue 6 The following screen indicates that the installation is complete Click Yes to restart your computer or click No to restart it later ...

Page 115: ...ty tab and the screen below will display 2 Then click on the NVIDIA Utility tab and the screen below will display 3 Click the nTune Utility icon to install it NVIDIA nTune Utility provides a safe and easy way to optimize PC performance nVidia Utility Installation ...